We are taking no chances this year as three of four July meetings have bought rain so this year we holding the meeting at the White House.  As it is now a Hampton tradition we will be servng strawberrys with cream and shortbread and a glass of pimms.

Our entrainment for the evening will be provided by Phil Greeensleaves perfoming “A Chip in the Sugar” A dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett.

Those who volunteered to bake shortbread this is a little reminder and linkn to the recipe from last year.

Shortbread

As mentioned in a previous post we will be askng for ideas for next years programme and any suggestions for a local charity or fundraising initiave for us to adopt in the coming year.

There is no meeting in August but we would love it if soemone wouldl ike to organise a trip out over the summer;  Please let the commttee know if you have any ideas.

Assocation of Dunkirk Little Ships (ADLS)

Six of our members had a treat this weekend.  A very special day out and all a bit of a secret as our rendevous point was within the private grounds of Windsor Castle. As a thank you from the ADLS for the ladies that helped with he catering at the Veterans Cruise last september. We had a day out on a Dunkirk Little Ship, though windsor and finishing with a picnic beside the Thames in the Castle grounds.

 

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Dont forget that Sunday is Classics on the Green
Sunday 3 July 2016 from 11am to 4pm, Gander Green Hampton

Classics on the Green 2016

The WI will be selling second hand books and CDs please pop along from 10am to set up and any time during the day, to help on the stall for an hour and to enjoy all the cars and vote for your favourite

Looking forward and we will soon be compiling a program for 2017 so at the next meeting Tuesday 12th July (Our summer party) you will have the chance to put forward suggestions so please start thinking.

We are also considering raising some funds for a local charity and again we will be looking for suggestions from members

Finally we would like to arrange  members outing over the summer (Saturday or Sunday), and maybe a theatre or cinema trip on Tuesday August 9th if you have any ideas please post them in a comment here or pass it on to a committee member.

 

Great Walkers group outing last weekend.  Kit, Chris, Delia, Eve, Chrissie, Gerry, Loraine & Myself with 2 spaniels, a border collie and a long haired dachshund.  We completed  a circular route which took around 2 hours so  guess about 5-6 miles (forgot to turn on the tracker this time)  Starting a the Diana fountain car park in Bushy Park the guidebook route would take us via the Palace gardens but you now pay for this so we looked at an alternative beginning.

So we headed through Bushy Park to Kings Gate and across the road then back into home park by the Old Kings Head pub by Kingston bridge.  Heading towards the golf club we passed the ice house and eventually arrived at the end of the long water; with spectacular views beyond the fountains looking back towards the palace.  From here we continued easterly taking us past Ricks pond and out onto the Thames towpath for a walk back to the Palace where we stopped for tea in the Tiltyard café before crossing back over the road and into Bushy Park and to our cars.

For a shorter and when the summer flower show is over you can access Home Park via the Paddock gate and taking the route marked in blue on the map along the long water to the end to join up with the route we followed.

A number of the group had never ventured into that part of Home Park so it was nice to introduce our group to something new right  on our own doorstep.